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' ' *' ' *? 'm m : . . 1 ' ' lV t \ * \ A Baptist missionary in China write. I Ihome that what an American fiunih ; I throws away in a year would keep t. dozen Chinese families; and what a Chiinese family throws away in the same tim? , would not feed a mouse. * During the trip of a small steamer up , the Fox River, Wisconsin, which oc- j icurred one night recently, the crew wai , startled by hearing a German call out 1 "Vat vou doin?r mifc mv hnefurn?" Tn. ? O J ~' "4" I 1 vestigation developed the fact that th? j j steamer bad wandered with- tbo flood over a portion of the German's farm, V . and the irate Teuton thought they wert J about to rob him. r Near Charlottt Harbor, Fla., is a coast * where one can wade over fifteen hundred ( feet from the shore. In certain seasons this platfc is alive with men, axes in ^ hand, who await the large fish that seek the place as means of escaping from their arch enemy the porpoises. The men * easily kill the fish with their axes, as tbo ^ water is as transparent as glass, and they can see how to strike them without any ^ difficulty. * . n The Missionary Herald tells how the a Turkish government extorts taxes from d its poor subjects. Ono poor woman, it g 8ays,was tied to a tree with a largo bag of ei stones about her neck, for the purpose of compelling her to pay taxes. In another ^ place a sick man had his bed taken from . him and sold; other persons are beaten I J1 and some are sent to prison. It is a sad j j* crv nf nnvprfv whinh nnur r-nnmo I f M vv'tt&WO UjJ 11U1U J, all parts of the Turkish empire. ^ Thirteen boys in the school at Areola, ei 111., struck against further study when li called in after recess. The toacher, who ai apparently is a born diplomatist, called p up the thirteen largest girls in the room, qi told them of the state of affairs, and tc ordered them to march out aud each bl bring in a boy. "Within three minutes pi and a half a baker's dozen of lads with d very red faces were trying to study holes li: in their books, and have beon too busy p since to talk about the sad affair. se v . T A curious flower was recently discover ed on the isthmus of Tehauntepec, Mexico. ^ It has a faculty of changing its color dur- m ing the day. It grows on a tree. An- je other peculiarity of this floral chameleon is that it only gives out perfume at noon- ^ tame. Une of the strangest things about te this flower, however, is that it should be fa found in Mexico, when its colors are those of the United States flag. In the morning it white, at noon it changes to red, and at night it adopts a soft blue 01 vc color. ==================== Wi Tobacco blindness is becoming a com- tli mon affliction. At present there are sev- te eral persons under treatment for it at one er London hospital. It first takes the form bn of color blindness, the suHerers who have nc smoked themselves into this condition hn being quite unable to distinguish the he color of a piece of red cloth held up be- a fore them. Sometimes the victim loses flj his eyesight altogether. Although srnok it ing is to a large extent the cause of the malady, and so gives it its name, heavy sta * drinking is also partly responsible. lot > _ mi American inquisitiveness and ingenui- by ty united have produced thread made j A from the blossoms of the common milk AJ weed, which has the consistency and tenacity of imported flax or linen thread, wt( and is produced at much less cost. Tho W( fibre is long, easily carded and may be readily adapted to spinning upon an or- s^, dinary flax spinner. It has the smoothness and lustre of silk, rendering it valuable-for sewing machine use. The weed. pj( is common throughout this country, but grows profusely at the south. The ma- no terial costs nothing for cultivation, and mu gathering is as cheaply done as that of cr? eotton. \ At the close of 1878 there were only gn 156 firms engaged in the silk manufac- m5 ture, in all its branches, in the country, tec of which 30 were in New Jersey, G1 in s^g Maw Vnrl' Ot ^ %-? "?1 - * 1 _.w.. wu xn i (. iiusjivaiiiu, '&'& in Connecticut, and the others scattering. The total capital invested in the industry was only $15,988,877; the total products were valued at $19,894,874, and the operatives numbered only 10, G51. By 1879 the figures given for the whole country. ^ six years before little more than covered ^ the silk interests of Paterson alone, which then had 102 firms and corporaBin tions engaged in it, employing 12,599 hands, with $9,955,500 invested, and ma cor produced $12,172,995 worth of goods ^ that year. Since then the industry has . made still further progress. 1S'^ A mad donkey at Mentone, France, fiv< has just provided M. Pasteur with two J ucn jmuuiius. xue animni, which bod cer itself been bitten by a mud dog, attacked 1 its owner and a veterinary surgeon who an< came to treat it, inflicting severe bites on fiv thorn both; and they both started im- ] mediately for Paris, bringing with them wL the brains of the ass which had done the fiv< mischief. They are not the only sufferers ] by the accident, which lias cast a slur, in dei local estimation jit least, on the whole cei family of quadrupeds to which the offending animal belongs. The moun- . ^ tain excursions on donkey-back, in ln? which visitors to those parts were in the habit of indulging, have fallen into tem- cx< ^ porary disfavor; and the donkey-boys. i have been heavy losers by the lull iu ^u: t their industry. eyi i The general public is not aware of th? existence of a medal of honor which i; conferred by vote of congress on officers m'l enlisted men in the naval and military service of the Unit-id State?. The iiitiiuui iu wuicu mis uecorauon is conferred is not calculated to render il svidely known, as it is always voted on in a hurry, along with a lot of othci outine military business, and sent to its ivinn-r by mail without the least cereuony. The medal was created during he civil war and has many wearers. A Centralia, (Kan.) p-iper bursts into a )a?an of joy over the arrival of a family is follows: "The glorious State of Kanms received an addition of thirteen vobe?-? in one family the other day by the (migration to Sonaca of Lora Grendalil md family from LaCrosse, Wis. Mr. Jrendahl is the happy father of twelve ons. Two years ago he had but six. A >air of twins were then born, and two lontlis ago, he received a further remarkable addition of four sons at one iresentation. The four together weighed wenty pounds, and although they are ow j months old, there arc as lively s young cnckcts, and growing as though etcrminod to prove an exception to the eneral fate of quadruplets of dying arly." In Auckland, New Zealand, according 3 an American visitor, an American is nmediataly struck by the dissimilarity lanifestod, both in requirements and in leas, to his own home. Butchering estabshments,with huge open fronts, aresituted besides music warehouses. Station-y shops, their walls covered with books, kc the interior of a library, and saddle id harness-makers, with windows dislaying bridles, bits and spurs, arc fre iient features. Dry goods stores abound > at least the number of three in each lock. Their windows filled with fjay rints and colicoes, the light summer resscs of the ladies and the numerous sjht coats and straw hats of passing edestrians bear ample evidence to the imi-tropical nature of the climate, here are no saloons in Auckland, as a rictly enforced licensing law compels ic owners of hotels to provide accomodations for a certain number of travclrs. Each hotel, however, has a drinkig bar in connection with it, from bend which typical British barmaids atnd to the requirements of thirsty wayrers. A Wonderful Shot. In his book, "The Witchery of Archy," Maurice Thompson relates his ad :ntures with ''Tommy," an Indian uh) as n skilful archer. lie says: From ie first I recognized Tommy as my masr in th6 noble science and art of archil-, and I labored hard to win his approttion by some achievement worthy his >tice. At last I accomplished this. He id a very broad-feathered arrow which 1 had named "floo-lioo," on account of peculiar roaring sound it made while ing through the air. You could hear j 200 yards. I One day he shot this arrow at a plover I inding on a point of sand. It went idly whizzing just over the bird's back, iking it settle low down as if struck at a hawk and frightened out of its wits, vas at Tommy's side when he shot, be bird was a good hundred yard ny. lie did not miss it a foot. Now is my time and I settled myself to my >rk. Selecting a light, nfirrow-feathcrcd lift, I planted my feet firmly, measured 2 distance carefully with my eye, drew my ear and let go. It was a glorious ice of luck and good shooting comled. The arrow went like a thought, iselessly, unwaveringly straight to the iriv, uutiing tne game through the lw, killing it on the spot. I leaned on r bow with as much nonchalance and ice as I could command, while Tomr gave me my meed of praise. He patl me on the back and wagged his head nificantly; he grunted in various keys, 3 finally wound up with: "Beat! ugh! nice! good!" Quick Sales and Small Profits. A. mm afflicted with deafness took a ;scription to a Topcka druggists, who ed it with care and the latest style. ie deaf man asked the price, icn' the following talk occurred: Druggist (leaning on the counter and iling in a won't-you-pay-up nner) ? The price is seventy-five its. Deaf Customer?Five cents. Here it Druggist (in a louder voice)?Sevcntye cents, please. Deaf Customer?Well, there's your five its. rv_..?:.a - - urmygiai. v.m a very loud voico 1 very firm manner)?I said seventye cents. Deaf Customer (getting angry)?-Well, iat more do you want? I just gave you b cents. Druggist (sotto voce)?"Well, go to the nee with your mcdicine, I made three its, any way.?Drug Record. Rcccnt investigation shows the existj navy of Great Britain cost $210,000,), and that its present value does not ;eed $00,000,000. h. factory in Madison, Miss., ns out 110 barrel* of cotton seed oil jry week. * . . ' ~M!'r "-'v " .v' ' y.y': * , ] Tlio Pioneers. I I Rouso! brothers, rouse! we've fur to travel, Freoos the winds we lovo to roam, Far through the prairio, far through the forest, Over tho mountains we'll And a homo. Wo cannot breathe in crowded cities, i We're strangore to tho ways of trade; | We long to foel tho grass beneath us, And ply tho hatclict and the spade. Meadows and hills and ancient woodlands Olfer us |*usturo, fruit, and corn; Needing our presence, co#rtiue: our labor:? j Why should wo linger liko men forlorn? We lovo to hear the ringing rifle, Tho smiting axe, tho falling tree;? And though our life bo rough ami lonely, If it be honest, what caro we? ?Mackay. The Way to a FortuneAll the world is interested in the story of the way in which millionaires have become rich, and no reccipc could be so universally popular as one which should give directions for tho acquirement of wealth. "Why, sir, I knew him when he hadn't J a cent to his name I" At a remark liko that I always prick up my cars; and I think the story which is invariably behind a remark like that must be interesting to everyone. This, at least, is what j I said to my millionaire friend when he I told me that the history of his lirst start on fortune's road was not worth telling. "At all events." he said, "you would not be willing to make such a start as I did f" I am the reverse of rich myself, and I told him any start would do if the result were as desirable as in his case. "Well," he whispered, "J began with a killing!" j "Murder!" I cried in horror, stepping I back from him with a feeling of intense I repugnance, as there flashed rapidly I through mv min/1 ! ?? -- T 1?3 .... ... ....V, uiuuil Y lilies X I1JIU j o J J | heard of tlie lawless times in the early days of 'Frisco, when knives and pistols were in moro use than table forks. "I will tell you how it happened," said my friend. "It was during the gold fever that I sailed from New York for San Francisco, and I left with just money enough for the trip, thinking, if I could only reach California, I might soon make a fortune. We had a fair voyage on the Atlantic; but from Panama the vessels were a mere tub and much overcrowded. There were many women and children. 1 had a berth in the ladies' cabin, and sold it for a hundred dollars, and slept on the j upper deck. "Well, I had not been in San Francisco a month when I found myself without a cent, nnd was in a pretty bad fix. i Food was dear in those days. It cost something to live. Flour was selling at thirty dollars a barrel, and I have deen apples bring a dollar each. It was a poor time to be short of money. "I was standing ou the street one day feeling pretty well down in the mouth, when an old Italian organ-grinder came along, and, propping his instrument on a 6tick, began to grind out a tune. It was not the miserable business in those days that it is now. The organ-grinders made money in California at that time, hand over fist. They used to go up to the mines and bring back a fortune. "As soon as this fellow commenced to , play, I perceived that something was wrong with his organ. The old Italian would turn the handle, and for a short . time the air would sound all right. Then of a sudden the most frightful discords would be heard. 3 "The old man's face was coimcal to i see. He would stop, examine the instru- , ment, turn it around, shake it, then with ] a scared expression on his face as if he , thought it was haunted, begin again with the same frightful discords. I "I stepped up to him, prompted by , curiositv. t " 'What's the matter?' I asked, 'music , very bad?' " 'No buano,' said the old man, with a look of great distress. " 'No buano,' I repeated, examining it. The thought flashed across me that here might be a chance to make some money. " 'I lix organs,' I said. 'You know I make lots of organs.' I pointed from the instrument to myself. Though his English was very poor, lie seemed to understand nearly all I said." "Were you not afraid to undertake the job?" I asked. "Well, no. I am pretty handy, and I thought if I could have time I should be able to figure it out. Of course it was a reckless undertaking, but a hungry man is apt to be reckless. "I explained that it would cost much r money, but he said enough for me to * make out that he wished to go Jafhe mines directly, and would pay whatever I asked. The old man was quite a character in his way. He told me that he fc often made from twenty to fifty dollars a ii day, and that if his instrument could not p be repaired, it would bo a great loss, as b it could not possibly be replaced. c "He appeared to have a real love for tl the organ which ho had brought from ti the old country, and waa very much as- ii tonished and distressed at the behavior g of his favorite, which he said had always made gopd music until two days past. I n told him to bring tho instrument along ij after me tp the room where I was staying, ci and that aa it would take at least three days to repair, it must be left with me vi lor that length of time. n i?r;"v&i "Ho covered it cnrefully with a green cloth and seemed,-loath to leave. I suppose it was tho first time he had lost sight of it sincc its purchase. "As soon as his back was turned I began an examination. I had not the slightest idea what to do, but my great need of money urged me to make the attempt. It had a glass case in front with a number of little figures that hopped and jumped iu a very still and jerky manner. 4,I slowly turned the handle and wound out the air of 'Jeanettc and aTpnnnf ' Tf nil ??--I-^ T A?' ? -i VVMU.W* U.V OVUMU^U illl IJ^IIL-. J? triCU tlio 'Last Rose of Summer.' It played part wny through. Then there was a terrible clashing of wires. " 'A string must be loose,' I thought, 'and has fallen across the others. 1 can fix that.' "In the middle of that night I was roused suddenly by hearing a clashing of strings. I jumped up thinking someone was stealing the hand-organ. But no. There it was. " 'Strange!' I said to myself. 'Could anyone have entered?' I came to tlio conclusion that my mind was so worked up on the subject that I lmd been dreaming. Still I lay awake for some time, waiting and listening. But all remained O O quiet. The next morning I started at my work." "Were you not afraid if you took it to pieces, you could not put it back," I asked. "I decided I would go with great care, and number each piece as I took it out. I carefully lifted nit the case of figures, and as I was about to set them down, I heard the same strange sounds without human hand near. I gently lifted oil the top, so as not to disturb the ghost or spirit; and what do you think happened?" "What!" I domanded, excitedly. "A mouse jumped out and I killed it." "You fraud!" I ericd. "Yes," he went on, "that was the cause of all the trouble. When the hanfl 10 wno fnmn/1 *? 1 *? * ? ...... xmubu inu inuursL', uuing in extremely narrow quarters, was disturbed and crawled about on the strings. I replaced the top and case and left it till called for. When the old man came I told him it was as good as new. "He tried it and found all went smoothly. I enlarged greatly on the care and trouble I had taken! and when I asked the sum of fifty dollars for killing a mouse, lie paid it without a murmer, and gave me ten more to boot." "And that sixty dollars is what j'ou consider the beginning of your fortune?" "Yes; it gave mc a great lift. The next day I strolled into an auction-room, where a sale of lots was going on; I bought three lots at two hundred each, giving a small payment. Next day I sold two of them at three hundred each. The third I sold later at a large advance, and kept on in that way, dealing in real estate with large profits." "Did you ever hear from your Italian organ-grinder again?" "Yes; ho sent several others to me. But I told them I was out of that line of business now."?Olice Storm. Tim Numerals. TTT1 it- 1->- "?? ' ?t nun tuv liuuiu xvuiuau 01 remote antiquity wanted to mark the number one lie drew a single straight line or digit to represent the uplifted fore-finger. In our modern type we print it I. For two , lie drew two digits, or II; for three he wrote III., and four he represented, not ] by IV., which is a comparatively late innovation, but by the good old clock- , dial symbol, IIII. These, in fact, are nothing more than just tho fingers of one tiand. But bow about five? Why \ should it be represented by the ap- 1 parently meaningless symbol V? Simply j because Y is not V, but a rude liiero- , jlypliic of one hand, the broad stroke standing for the four fingers united, , while the narrow one stands for the ex- \ tended thumb. V. in fact, is nothing , nore than a very degenerate pictorial \ lymbol, lik the still used by print jrs in certain circumstances to call special ] ittcntion to a particular paragraph. As j or X, that is usually represented as , inuivftlent to two linnrla nr>t. V?v oidn J "J ~ 1 1 nit this interpretation I believe to be ? irroneous. I think it much more likely \ on the Indian analogy) to stand for "one nan made up"?that is to say, ten, with i people who counted by fingers alone, ir, in other words, employed a decimal ( lotation. If this hypothesis be true, X J epresents a double of the Indian man 4 igure, with outstretched arms and legs i ike a colossus, the hand having disap- 1 icarcd entirely by disuse, as often hap- J tens in the evolution of what arc called * ursive hieroglyphics.?Cornhill. 1 f They Were Firemen. t Ellsworth's New York Zouaves camo o Washington among the first regiments 1 a 1861. The Zouaves placed great im- I ortance on the fact that they all had e elonged to tho Fire Department of the i ity of New York. One day two of e ticm strolled into the office of the Secre- x try of War find accosted the clerk, say- t lg: "Wo want to know when we are i oing to have a battle." I 'Really, sir," replied the clerk, "I could r ot inform you, even if I knew; you sec, t we should tell the people who ask, the n nemy would soon find out our plans." t "Well," said the Zouaves, "nobody y 'ants you to tell the people, my little ? tan; we ain't people, we are firemen." * [WARRIORS OF ASSAM. A Missionary's Life in aCornc:* of Hindostan. A People Who Ornament Their Houses I with Human Skulls. j "I was sent to Assam," said Dr. E. W. Clark, a missionary, to a reporter of the Washington .Republican, under the auspices of the American Baptist Missionary union, of Boston, Mass. Myself and wife were the first white people to set ( foot in Assam, which is a small valley sixty-five miles in width and 500 miles in length, and has about 3,000,000 of population. "It IS sitlUltffl in ~ ? ? ?* ju i/nv^ uuiiunvsiem t part of Ilindoostan and is an English I possession. The inhabitants of the Naga Hills arc wild mountaineers, living around the summits of the mountains. Up to five years ago these people were independent; the great wars of India never I succeeded in subjecting them. They dc: light in war and are barbarous as are j American Indians. In the same manner j as our Indians take the scalp the Naga warriors take the head." "They're not liead-eaters?" murmured the scribe, with a shudder, wondering if the doctor's long life in that country had not led him to partake of the Assam customs. "No," continued the doctor. "They are called head cutters, and they ornament their houses with long strings of skulls of captives as tokens of their prowess. Unlike our Indians, they cultivate the soil and entertain the highest respect toward the women. Any obscene talk in the presence of a woman is severely punished. They work hard for their living, knowing if they do not they must perish. Their homes consist of rude bamboo houses with leaf roof. "3Ie(licine is not known, and they fancy all sickness or evil that happen to them is because some deity has b' -n displeased. Hence the blood of a^.mals is shed as a sacrifice to appease the indig- ! nnnt god. This sacrifice first commences ' with a fowl, then a pig, and lastly cattle; if lonsr P.OntillllOfl if enmn?!m/io ? 0 ?.w wvujwiMica < Ui" islies a whole family. The general name 1 for deity is 'soonngram.' There are no special names for their deities, as tliey worship a house, site of a house, etc. 1 All debts must be paid; they have not learned how to repudiate. "Of sin they have a strong impression. , Frequently untenanted houses are seen, j all possessions in the house having been , abandoned. The idea is that it is sinful x to steal goods thus left. "When some ( member of a family is killed by a tiger, j by drowning or by the falling of a tree, these are considered sinful persons, too polluted to be even touched. Y "Among the hill people there is no ^ caste. The Assamese are betrothed at j from three to five and marry at ten years ? of age^ being then fully developed. In ^ appearance they are much like the Chin- j esc, but are much more muscular and ^ hardy. There is a fine field for gospel ^ teaching among them. "When I first a went among the Assamese the English ^ were scared, but afterwerd rendered eve- ^ ry assistance, becausc they found we u were establishing peace on their border. "Up to the present time there have gl been four villages largely Christianized jj and many converts made. There is no ^ written language. After many years of ^ labor I succeeded in reducing to writing ^ in their language a collection of hymns and school books." j The doctor exhibted the first book printed in Assamese. It is a translation gj of a chapter of the Bible, translated by ^ the doctor, and printed on a little American press sent from Boston to the town 3f Molung. "And all the letters have but one 30und apiece, continued Dr. Clark, "and the language is in some respects, easier to icquire on that account. The chief 0 towns in Assam are Gohaty, Nowyong, i( Tezpor, Sibsagor and Dibroogur, which t s the head of steam navigation of the tl Brahamanootra river, which wna < *?? ^ si learest government station, though forty 0 nilea away, -and only reached by paths. rhero are no roads, and all travel is on aj .he back of elephants." a A Persian Game. S(; There seems to be as great a dearth of fVI james among the youth as among the ^ jrrown people in Persia, still they may be n! jeen winning walnuts from each other by james very similar to the marble-playng of the American and English youth. lt; S. favorite game appears to be placing 01 ;ach a certain number of walnuts alon<? 1( 'I 1 marked line at a sufficient distance ipart to allow of another one to pass be- ^ ,w#>pn wifhnnt ^ Tho line is formed near the base of n ow wall. They then take turns in cc cnocking the bonse walnut off the wall w o that it rolls through tho line, and any * mts dislodged from the scratch are con- '*( idered won and transferred to the wiu- ? ler's pocket. Hobble-de-hoys of tweny are often seen playing this gamo of valnuts, as also pitch-and-toss for cop>ers. Squabbles are of frequent occurence, but fighting seldom results, for he meek-eyed youth of the Shah's donations are more pacifically constituted han we were when you and I were r?' oung and were wont to peel off our 1 oats on the smallest provocation.?Out- au ng? so A Thousand Dollar Moth. ^ It is by no means the most beautiful orv striking in color, for it is painted, as you may say, in a single color of grayish, brown, though in many, many tints of that color. Its form is the more wonderful, for its secondary or hinder wings reach back into long tails an eighth of an inch wide and over four inches long, so tlvat tlie insect measures about seven inches from heart to tip of tails, and between four and five inches across. It is ol the general shape of what is known as our luna moth, the large greenish whitetailed moth; but in the luna the tails aro only two inches long. I do not think any other moth or butterfly has so great eccentricity of form. But the most wonderful thing of all is that it is the only insect of the kind ever found. Thirteen years ago a son of Prof. Meyer caught it in a barber shop in liio Janeiro, into which it had flown during the flVnnirxT Tin ??/?? > 5?- 1 Q. ..v, ovui ii, w ma muier, wno had been a collector for many years. When the box containing it was opened, and the great entomologist dropped his eyes upon it, he almost fainted with delight, and at once was oflered a hundred dollars for it. The news of the discovery of it spread rapid 1 j' everywhere among collectors, and , diligent search has been made ever since to lind another of its kind, but in vain. It stands nlone, perhaps the last of au almost extinct species, but surely the only one that rests in air on entomologist's pin. This fact that it defies duplication, together with its kingly form, will help you to remove the shudder that passes over you as you hear its name, Jehovah, for by this name the princely insect is known among scientists?Etulamonia Jehovah. It should be stated, however, that its happy owner did not intend giving it this name, but somehow the real name, Jupiter, was changed into Jehovah when it was being catalogued, and so it has remained. It is hard to place a value upon this precious insect, for Dr. Meyer values italmost as his own life; but I have been told a thousand dollars would not induce him to part with it. We can believe this when we are told tliut a kind of beetle found in the West was sold, for several j years, at one hundred dollars a specimen. Prof. Meyer's entire collection is valued it $40,000. ? Cungregationaliat. lie Looked Pierce. "Within the circle of the author's dog icquaintance was a dog named Kanuck. He was a bull-dog, and though of a very lavage nature, yet he was faithful to his naster and he appeared to have a keen idea )f the ridiculous, for he seemed to know iow horridly ugly he was, and to take lupreme delight in terrorizing not only ill the dogs and children in the neighjorhood, but even the grown people as veil. It was this dog's great pleasure to eap from the ground to the top of the ence, and thence to the cap of the gate>ost, where he would sit for hours watchng up and down for some victim to >ractice his bugaboo business upon. Vhen a timid or nervous person appeared, nd the dog seemed to know all such, hen he appeared not to notice their apiroach, gazing in every other direction f ntil the intended victim arrived nearly pposite the post. Then he dropped uddenly down in front and crlared at \ w ? \ ira with bloodshot eyes and projecting- ^ . eeth and such an appearance of ferocity bat the passer-by generally stepped out ato the gutter. Few people had the ourage to brush past him on the narrow idewalk, and when the passer-by had lustered spunk enough to regain the idewalk again, then Kanuck would, amp down from his post, and, rushing ) his master, wag his tail and hideously rin, as much as to say "Didn't I scare lem, though?"?Cincinnati EnquireA The Price of a Blank Shot, <?CT?W?/i ? :i " " nbuuu, suiu unc ui iiuo crowu, "one f the funniest duels I ever saw at col;ge. It was a put-up job, of course, lie pistols were not loaded with ball, but le duelists did not know that. They ;ood up like men, apparently, but one f them got so nervous he fired before le word was given. That placed him t the mercy of his opponent, who was poor chap and rather shrewd. Aa >on as the pistol went off the indiidual who fired it got utterly scared, he other stood calm and determined, id proceeded to take leisurely aim. 'Don't shoot I' yelled the victim; 'don't lOOtl' 'T hf?lif>vn if. ic mr *'" ? ? ~ v..w , w .V ?w J KU1 AJy lOU l> ?' he asked, and turned to the secids. 'Of course it is; go ahead.' And ; again leisurely covered his man. Iold onl Hold on! I'll give you $500 you won't .shoot!' "Tain't enough I* i'or heaven's sake! I'll givo you $7501* he man with the pistol sneered and vered him once more. 'How much ill you take?'- 'A thousand dollars.' '11 give it. Put tliat cursed thing \wn J A n/1 V?n rvnl/I A4 AAA ?% /?TM( Xj.i*v4 *iV/ paiu Alia AlLl/lt* flUUV." San Francisco Chronicle. Something to Jog His Memory. Angelina?Oh, ma, do let us havo mo of that nico glacier stained glass :coration. Mother?Why, darling. ^ Angelina?Well, you see, mother, it minds one so much of church, and lurch suggests tho marriage-service; d it seems to me as if Harry wantff mothing to jog his memory.?Pttclc. to:Wt-1 :'j}#$&*'& : b k